GRACIA + LOUISE

THIS MORNING I WENT INTO THE GARDEN
launched at
Our place
North Fitzroy
6 - 8pm
2000

This morning I went into the garden
Artists' book single color offset print hand colored with watercolor and pencil on recycled 200gsm paper, with jewellers tissue 70gsm paper.

13.5cm x 15.5cm, bound in three different tones of emu leather by Peter Stewart-Warmington, with colored leatherette's on cover.
Printed by Hart Printing.
Edition of 10, 2000.

{Images from top to bottom, left to right, various page details from This morning I went into the garden.}

This morning I went into the garden is our first book, documenting the three months of summer '99 through to the beginning of 2000.

The small leatherettes which feature on the cover were found in a secondhand book store in New Zealand and were the original inspiration behind this ongoing body of work. The leatherettes were initially designed to be stuck on everything from lamp shades and cigarette boxes to gowns... or in our case small books.

The books in this edition are covered in black, ochre and cherry red emu leather which we selected for its delicious peck marks and imperfections across the surface. The leatherettes ranged from golden elephants through to inky hued rabbits and blue hens.